By: Greg DeLoachWe filter our email to weed out unwanted solicitations, but the church should be a place where all are welcome and no one is filtered out. Yet churches have many filters that need to be jettisoned.

By: EthicsDaily StaffAs people leave their homes for other countries, the church and the gospel can become the presence of God to those people, says Sam Chaise in a new EthicsDaily.com Skype interview.

By: EthicsDaily StaffLarry Hovis is executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina. Learn which five verses in Matthew are his favorite from which "everything else is just commentary."

By: Nick LearWe often respond to global problems with a shrug of our shoulders and an attitude that we're not to blame. But if each of us accepted responsibility to be a small part of the solution, the results would be big.

By: Zach DawesReligion can and should play a role in shaping society, but it should do so by offering a moral compass through public witness that retains a distinction and distance from politicians and parties.

By: Ircel HarrisonIf your congregation wants to enlist and nurture a new generation of church leaders, it won't happen by putting them on committees, especially if most of those assignments don't provide any sense of fulfillment.

By: EthicsDaily StaffPaul Msiza is pastor of Peniel-Salem Baptist Church in Pretoria and the Baptist World Alliance president for 2015-20. He served previously as general secretary of the South Africa Baptist Convention.

By: Roger OlsonTranshumanism, a movement that promotes the fundamental transformation of humanity through technology, is not taken seriously enough by many ethicists. One wonders what it will take to get their attention.

By: EthicsDaily StaffJaclanel Moore McFarland is a state district court judge in Houston and is a board member of the Baptist Center for Ethics. Her favorite verse, John 3:16, "sums up the whole Bible."